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Paper, 'Some particulars in the anatomy of a whale' by John Abernethy

Reference number: L&P/10/131

Date: 1795

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Contains four plates.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some particulars in the anatomy of a whale'

Read 26 November 1795

Reference number
L&P/10/131
Earliest possible date
1795
Physical description
Ink on paper and four plates
Page extent
27 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Abernethy

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John Abernethy, Paper, 'Some particulars in the anatomy of a whale' by John Abernethy, 1795, L&P/10/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_131/paper-some-particulars-in-the-anatomy-of-a-whale-by-john-abernethy, accessed on 29 April 2025

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